CN103028261A - Toy vehicle track set - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides a toy vehicle track set which comprises a first track segment coupled to a first curved track segment; a second track segment coupled to a second curved track segment; a third curved track segment having an inlet end and an outlet end, the inlet end being wider than the outlet end, the inlet end being configured to receive the toy vehicles travelling on the first curved track segment and the second curved track segment; and a snare trap mechanism located at the outlet end of the third curved track segment, wherein the snare trap mechanism is configured to capture a first winning one of the toy vehicles travelling through the outlet end of the third curved track segment.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to the toy car track device.
Background technology
The game device that is used for toy car is to be known as the popular toys that amusement and stimulation are provided to the user.These game devices typically comprise the track structure of a certain type, and this track structure is intended to the toy car that the pass course guiding advances, such as the metal toy car of 1/64 ratio casting.Track structure can comprise that the closed loop continuous orbit is arranged and the open end is arranged.Toy car is placed on these game device tracks and with hand or by outside propulsion plant and structurally advances.In some applications, mutually compete toy car and therefore wish to judge which toy car wins the game of one or more users.
In order to bring more amusement and stimulation, track structure can comprise feature such as track structure of cross track, loop section and other types etc. to game device.
Therefore, be desirable to provide a kind of game device for toy car, it has for unique apparatus and the method for judging the match winner.
Summary of the invention
In one embodiment, the invention provides a kind of rail set for toy car, this rail set has: the first orbital segment, and it is connected to the first warp rail section; The second orbital segment, it is connected to the second warp rail section; The 3rd warp rail section, it has arrival end and the port of export, and this arrival end is wider than the port of export, and this arrival end is configured to be received in the toy car of advancing on the first warp rail section and the second warp rail section; And trapping trap mechanism, it is positioned at the port of export place of the 3rd warp rail section, and wherein this trapping trap mechanism is configured to catch first in the toy car of advancing by the port of export of the 3rd warp rail section.
In a further exemplary embodiment, provide a kind of rail set for toy car, this rail set comprises: the first orbit portion, and it comprises side by side the first orbital segment and second orbital segment of match that is arranged so that can carry out on it toy car; Loop section, it is configured to receive toy car from the first orbit portion, this loop section comprises the first warp rail section and the second warp rail section, and each warp rail section has and the isolated far-end of the arrival end of the 3rd warp rail section, and this arrival end is wider than the port of export of the 3rd warp rail section; And trapping trap mechanism, it is positioned at the port of export of the 3rd warp rail section, and wherein this trapping trap mechanism is configured to catch first in the toy car of advancing by the port of export of the 3rd warp rail section.
In another exemplary embodiment, a kind of rail set for toy car is provided, this rail set has: the first orbit portion comprises side by side the first orbital segment and second orbital segment of match that are arranged so that can carry out on it toy car; Loop section, be configured to receive toy car from the first orbit portion, this loop section comprises the first warp rail section and the second warp rail section, and each warp rail section has and the isolated far-end of the arrival end of the 3rd warp rail section, and this arrival end is wider than the port of export of the 3rd warp rail section; And trapping trap mechanism, be positioned at the port of export of the 3rd warp rail section, wherein trap trap mechanism and be configured to catch in the toy car of advancing by the port of export of the 3rd warp rail section second.
In another embodiment, provide a kind of rail set for toy car.This rail set has: the first orbit portion is arranged so that can carry out on it side by side match of toy car; Ramp, be installed to movably rail set, be used between primary importance and the second place mobile, wherein this ramp is configured to receive toy car from the first orbit portion when ramp is in the second place, and wherein ramp is positioned at the first orbit portion top when ramp is in primary importance, so that the toy car of advancing at the first orbit portion can not be received on the ramp portion, and wherein ramp is configured to be transmitted in upwards and away from ramp the toy car of advancing on the ramp; And trapping trap mechanism, be positioned at the ramp portion top, wherein this trapping trap mechanism is configured to catch first in the toy car that makes progress and advance away from ramp.
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When the detailed description below reading with reference to the accompanying drawings, will understand better these and/or other feature of the present invention, aspect and advantage, wherein run through accompanying drawing, similar Reference numeral represents similar parts, in the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is the perspective view according to the game device of one exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 1A shows trapping trap of the present invention;
Fig. 2 A-2D is the perspective view of the fair starter mechanism that uses in one exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
The various perspective views of game device when Fig. 3-7 explanation toy car is advanced thereon; And
Fig. 8 shows optional embodiment of the present invention.
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According to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, provide the rail set of competing side by side.This rail set has the vehicle transmitting station for a pair of manual control of each racing track of rail set.In addition, track combines fair starting door, and this justice starting door promotes to take the field.If vehicle discharged before justice starting door promotes, then this vehicle sails out of track.
In addition, rail set also comprises the trap (snare) that is positioned at track end, and in this track end, two autonomous channels are combined into a passage, is used for catching leading vehicle and announces the match winner.Additional alternative features comprises: a) be positioned at the bear trap (bear trap) that track is used for catching defeated vehicle outward; And b) is adapted to the grid flag that when the car quilt " trapping " of winning, occurs.
Fig. 1 illustrates exemplary game device or the rail set 10 that is used for toy car or object 12 according to a non-limiting example of the present invention.Game device 10 comprises two separate track sections or orbit portion 14 and 16, and each end at orbit portion has transmitting station 18,20. Transmitting station 18 and 20 is the mechanical transmitting stations that are configured to promote along the respective rail section vehicle 12 such as the spring biasing mechanism.The non-limiting example of suitable transmitting station is in U.S. Patent No. 4,108,437 and No.6,435,929 and U.S. Patent bulletin No.2007/0293122 in describe, incorporate by reference the content of these patents herein into.
The other end in orbital segment 14 and 16 provides loop section 22.Loop section 22 has pair of curved orbital segment 24 and 26.In the bending section 24 and 26 each at one end is connected to corresponding in orbital segment 14 and 16, and this ends at far-end in warp rail section 24 and 26 each, so that between the far-end of warp rail section 24 and 26 and single warp rail section 30, form gap 28, this single warp rail section 30 be configured to toy car cross warp rail section 24 and 26 and single warp rail section 30 between gap 28 after toy car is received in wherein.
As shown in the figure, single warp rail section 39 has wide portion 32 and narrow outlet 34, so that warp rail section 30 assembles to narrow width from large width, thereby so that toy car is converged to the narrow port of export 34.
According to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the first toy car of crossing over gap 28 and arriving the narrow port of export 34 is considered to the winner that competes.The line because toy car 12 can be reached home substantially simultaneously (for example narrow port of export) is wished to have a kind of device or equipment and is judged which toy car at first crossed finishing line.
In one exemplary embodiment, provide vehicle trapping apparatus 36.In one embodiment, vehicle trapping apparatus 36 has trapping trap 38.Trapping trap 38 has a pair of capture member 40 and 42, and each in the capture member connects each other pivotly at hinge end 44 places.End opposite at the trapping trap provides mouth portion 46.In one embodiment, this is spring-biased to the closing position shown in Figure 1A to capture member 40 and 22.Be fixed to the narrow port of export 34 in order to trap trap 38, this pivots away from each other in the capture member each, so that they can engage the narrow port of export 34 when the closing position shown in Figure 1A is setovered when they are allowed to.So and as shown in Figure 1, this opens to be provided at toy car is used for receiving therein toy car after end 34 is left trap a little to capture member 40 and 42.
Because trapping trap 38 is positioned in the narrow port of export 34 of warp rail section 30, the first vehicle that arrives narrow outlet section 34 will be traped that trap 38 is caught by this and upwards and in the direction of arrow 54 will be pulled up.Vehicle this caught with skyborne and is pulled upwardly the winner who means match.After this and because of trap 38 be removed from the port of export 34 now, next vehicle 12 that arrives the same place will fly off orbital segment 30.
In an optional embodiment and at least with reference to figure 5 and 6, provide another trap 56 to catch afterwards second or defeated vehicle 12 from the narrow port of export 34 emissions to be removed (for example owing to arriving the vehicle of first or win of the port of export 34 before) at trap 38 from the narrow port of export 34.In this embodiment and when the second vehicle 12 during from 34 emission of the narrow port of export, it will be advanced and contact trap 56 by air.In one embodiment, trap 56 is included in hinge 62 places and is pivotably connected to each other a pair of wall member 58 and 60.In this embodiment, the wall member 58 of trap 56 and 60 can be positioned at open position (Fig. 5), and its medi-spring biasing or spring biased closed power are held to stop (at bay), until vehicle 12 contact traps (Fig. 6).At this moment, bias force will be released and wall member 58 and 60 will move towards each other and closed trap 56, thereby catch vehicle 12.
So and when toy car 12 emissions are moved along its respective rail section of rail set, they will enter the respective curved orbital segment, this warp rail section is with turning toy vehicle and towards loop section 30 guiding toy vehicles, in one embodiment, this loop section 39 converge to the narrow port of export 34 and thereby finishing line is provided, wherein mechanism's (trapping trap 38) is positioned at and is used on this finishing line judging which race vehicles the line of at first reaching home.As mentioned above, the vehicle of win is entrapped trap and catches, upwards moves in the air, and defeated vehicle side is gone out the narrow port of export, entered undesirable trap 56.
Alternatively, game device or rail set can be configured in the alternative means that replaces trap 56 (bucket or the container that log in such as defeated vehicle).
In addition and in another alternative, and because warp rail section 24 and 26 far-end from the distal portion of warp rail section 30 from, and warp rail section 24 and 26 and warp rail end section 30 by forming such as plastics or its flexible material of equal value, adjustable clearance 28 is provided.This adjustable clearance 28 can zoom in or out by each the adjustable members that use is fixed in the far-end of warp rail section, and can form in one embodiment the pivotly part of the structure 52 of supporting arm member 50.
In another other alternative, the operation of trap 38 can be put upside down, so that do not caught by trap 38 by the first vehicle of the narrow port of export 34, and only have the second vehicle defeated or that arrive the narrow port of export to be caught by trap 38.This can realize from its perforate of passing through by allowing the first vehicle in the trapping trap, and in trapping trap 38 or near be provided with relieving mechanism so that second arrives vehicle and will activate this mechanism and cause traping trap 38 and catch second or the vehicle failed.In other words, first or the vehicle 12 of winning will start or load and catch trap 38 be hunted down so that the second vehicle of trap 38 is caught in arrival.
Return to now with reference to figure 1-4 and especially Fig. 2 A-2D, show fair starter mechanism 70.According to exemplary embodiment of the present invention, fair starter mechanism 70 is provided for preventing the means that one of user too early starts its toy car 12.Fair starter mechanism has pair of tracks section 72 and 74, and this is pivotally mounted to structure 76 in the orbit portion each, so that this can move from the blocking position 79 shown in the first non-blocking position 78 shown in Fig. 2 A-2C and Fig. 2 D orbit portion 72 and 74.When this is in blocking position to orbit portion 72 and 74, they are aimed at rail portion 14 and 16, if so that toy car when they are in blocking position, arrive this to orbit portion one of them, then toy car will advance to pair of tracks section one of them and sail out of game device.
If alternatively and this orbit portion is in non-blocking position, then toy car will be advanced below one of them to orbit portion and proceed to forward loop section 22 at this.
Therefore, fair starter mechanism is provided for impelling can not go too far warmheartedness and too early launch the device of their toy car from transmitting station of user, because if they are its vehicle of emission before the appropriate time of fair starter mechanism indication, vehicle will be ejected orbit portion.Moreover and in order to provide even more play the enhancing effect, fair starter mechanism 70 is configured to have On The Drug Release mechanism, and this On The Drug Release mechanism will keep fair starter mechanism 70 to be in blocking position several seconds before it is released to retract non-blocking position.
This by providing the spring biases strength to this to orbit portion 72 and 74 so that they are pushed to as shown in drawings non-blocking position realizes.Therefore and when the user to this to orbit portion 72 and 74 should be firmly promoting them when entering blocking position, this to orbit portion 72 and 74 be maintained at the limited time quantum in this position and then they be released and the spring biases strength promotion they get back to non-blocking position.A non-limiting method that realizes this point provides when for example being connected to the elastic component 81(that compresses when this lever to orbit portion 72 and 74 rotates to blocking position, shape memory foam, elastic biasing member, spring etc.).In case this situation occurs, gripper 85 will keep this part to orbit portion or lever 83 to be in this position, until the elastic component of compression turns back to its non-compressed configuration, this impels this that orbit portion 72 and 74 is turned to convolution towards non-blocking position, and also impels gripper no longer to stop the bias force that this is pushed back non-blocking position to orbit portion 72 and 74.Alternatively, spring 75 can be positioned in this justice actuating mechanism to provide the spring biases strength, certainly, in the scope of illustrative embodiments of the present invention, can expect be used to a lot of other devices that the spring biases strength is provided.
In addition and in optional embodiment, arm member 50 can dispose flag 80, so that in case trap trap 38 and be released and move up, can launch flag 80 aloft, further inform the match winner.
With reference now to Fig. 8,, another optional embodiment of the present invention is described.Be similar to previous embodiment, rail set 110 has side by side vehicle transmitting station 118 and 120 and fair starter mechanism 170.Yet, if vehicle after transmitting station 118 and 120 emissions and fair starter mechanism be in as shown in Figure 8 position, then the vehicle of emission vertically is directed on the direction of arrow 111 in the bear trap shape cage 138, and this cage 138 cuts out when receiving the first vehicle that arrives cage 138.The second vehicle or the non-vehicle of catching that arrive cage drop to the ground, because cage 138 is cut out by the first vehicle.Thereby cage 138 is provided for the device of indicating which toy car to win the game.For example, the defeated vehicle that the first toy car of upwards launching away from fair starter mechanism 170 will enter cage and the second automobile or match can not enter cage.In the event of draw, the vehicle of two emissions is all caught by cage 138.In other words, at least in one embodiment, cage 138 is configured to catch a plurality of vehicles when vehicle enters the cage of opening simultaneously.
Be similar to previous embodiment, cage 138 will have automobile impacting it the time (eccentric (over center) or otherwise) can quick closedown and the sensitive trigger of (a plurality of) automobile of trapping win reliably.For example and in a unrestricted embodiment, cage 138 will comprise the central body 139 with pair of sidewalls 141, to be pivotally mounted to top 143 mobile to be used in the direction of arrow 145 for each sidewall.Fig. 8 is illustrated in this oppose side wall 141 of the first open position, so that provide opening 147 in the bottom of cage 138.Opening 147 is positioned as the toy car that receives from transmitting station 118 and 120 emissions.In embodiment formerly, the first vehicle that enters opening 147 is positioned at contact on trigger or the switch 149 of cage 138, and this will discharge this oppose side wall 141 and impel them to move to closing position from open position.In a unrestricted embodiment, this oppose side wall 141 is spring-biased to closing position by spring, and cage is configured to have relieving mechanism, this relieving mechanism will be so that sidewall 141 remains on open position, and the actuating of trigger or switch 141 will activate relieving mechanism, and this relieving mechanism will discharge sidewall and the spring biases strength will impel this oppose side wall 141 closures.Certainly, optional embodiment has expected single door member 141, it is removable between open position and closing position, and is spring-biased to closing position, so that the actuating of trigger 149 impels it to move to closing position and thereby catches therein (a plurality of) vehicle of emission.
As shown, cage 138 is fixed to tower member 151, so that opening 147 is positioned at the member top, slope of fair starter mechanism 170.
In this embodiment, fair starter mechanism comprises removable or is connected to slidably track 171 bends of pillar 173, so that it can be positioned near the top of pillar 173 the first starting position (by a dotted line explanation in Fig. 8) and near between the second starting position of the bottom of pillar 173 (in Fig. 8 by non-dotted line explanation), so that will when it is in the second starting position, engage warp rail section 171 from the vehicles of transmitting station 118 and 120 emissions.
In order to allow this movement, the bend of track 171 has the central opening 175 that is configured to receive slidably therein pillar 173.In one embodiment, at least one projection 177(that central opening 175 has a groove part 179 that is configured to engage pillar 173 for example, spring loaded pin or other are equal to member or device arbitrarily).In this embodiment, groove part 179 crosses the bottom of pillar 173 from the top of pillar 173 in the zigzag mode, so that move around by the direction at arrow 181, the bend of track 171 moves to the second place in swing mode (oscillating manner) from primary importance.
Therefore and for the mode of the fair starting of two vehicles being provided for transmitting station 118 and 120 emissions, the user moves to warp rail section simply primary importance and discharges warp rail section so that gravity will be on the direction opposite with arrow 111 downward pulling warp rail section 171.Simultaneously, projection 177 with engagement grooves part 179 and thereby warp rail section 171 will swing back and forth in the direction of arrow 181, until its arrives second place.At this moment, from the vehicles of transmitter 118 and 120 emissions will be downwards through orbital segment 114 and 116 and by 171 emissions of warp rail section.Therefore, fair starter mechanism 170 generators allow the user to arrange the time from transmitting station 118 and 120 its vehicles of emission, so that the slope emission that they limit from warp rail section 171.
Alternatively, warp rail section 171 can drop to the second place from primary importance simply in non-swing mode.The user in this embodiment, can adopt the device that slows down be used to the movement that makes warp rail section from the primary importance to the second place, so that can arrange the time again from transmitting station 118 and 120 emission vehicles.
At them along orbital segment 114 from a pair of transmitting station 118 with 120 whens emission, the embodiment of Fig. 8 allows at least two toy cars to compete each other, then toy car jumps in the bear trap type triumph cage straight up, and this cage slams to catch the automobile of win or in the situation that draw is caught two automobiles.
The fair starting feature that fair starter mechanism 170 is provided for competing: the bend of track 171 (for example 1/4th loops) can break away from and is moved upwards up to first or the position that promotes at bar or pillar 173 from orbital segment 114 and 116, so that toy car will cause collision from the emission of transmitting station 118 and 120, because the part of path or route causes missing the jump to cage 138.In order to take the field, the user manually upwards rises to primary importance along bar or pillar 173 with the sweep (for example ramp) of track 171.When this track 171 is released, projection 177 will engage the zigzag helical pitch groove (cam groove) 179 of cutting, thereby whole ramp swings back and forth when slowly reducing.This timing is interval to be continued some seconds and required two users to wait for that ramp finally drops to put in place, made that route is complete and so that sprint car can begin, wherein the toy vehicles from transmitting station 118 and 120 emissions will be advanced towards cage 138.
In aforementioned detailed description, various specific detail have been described so that the thorough understanding of each embodiment of the present invention to be provided.Yet, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that and can not use these specific detail to put into practice embodiments of the invention, the embodiment that the invention is not restricted to illustrate, and the present invention can be with various optional embodiment practices.In addition, reusing of phrase " in one embodiment " might not represent identical embodiment, but also can represent identical embodiment.At last, when using in this application, unless clearly indication, term " comprises ", to be intended to be synonym for " comprising ", " having " etc.This written explanation usage example comes disclosed the present invention, comprises optimal mode, and so that any technical staff in this area can realize the present invention, comprises preparation and use any apparatus or system.Claim of the present invention is defined by the claims, and can comprise conceivable other examples of those skilled in the art.If these other examples have the structural detail of the literal language of the claim of not being different from, or they comprise that literal language with claim does not have the equivalent construction element of substantive difference, and then these other examples are intended to be in the scope of claim.
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1. rail set that is used for toy car comprises:
The first orbital segment, described the first orbital segment is connected to the first warp rail section;
The second orbital segment, described the second orbital segment is connected to the second warp rail section;
The 3rd warp rail section, described the 3rd warp rail section has arrival end and the port of export, and described arrival end is wider than the described port of export, and described arrival end is configured to be received in the toy car of advancing on described the first warp rail section and described the second warp rail section; And
Trapping trap mechanism, described trapping trap mechanism is positioned at the described port of export place of described the 3rd warp rail section, and wherein said trapping trap mechanism is configured to catch in the described toy car of the described port of export by described the 3rd warp rail section first of advancing.
2. rail set according to claim 1 wherein is provided with the gap between the described arrival end of described the first warp rail section, described the second warp rail section and described the 3rd warp rail section.
3. rail set according to claim 1, wherein said trapping trap mechanism is connected to another part of described rail set via elastic component, so that in case described trapping trap caught in the described toy car of the described port of export by described the 3rd warp rail section of advancing described first, then described trapping trap mechanism is upwards moved in the air.
4. rail set according to claim 1, comprise fair starter mechanism, described fair starter mechanism comprise with described the first orbital segment and described the second orbital segment in a corresponding adjoining pair of tracks section, in the described pair of tracks section of described fair starter mechanism each is pivotally mounted to a structure, be used between the first non-blocking position and the second blocking position mobile, wherein when described pair of tracks section is in described blocking position, any toy car of advancing will be launched from described rail set in described the first orbital segment or described the second orbital segment.
5. rail set according to claim 4, wherein when described pair of tracks section is in described the first non-blocking position, in described the first orbital segment or described the second orbital segment in described pair of tracks section one of any described toy car of advancing below by and advance to forward one of described the first warp rail section or described second warp rail section.
6. rail set according to claim 5, wherein said fair actuating mechanism also comprises On The Drug Release mechanism, and described On The Drug Release mechanism remained on described the first blocking position several seconds with described fair starter mechanism before described fair starter mechanism is released to be moved back into the described second non-blocking position.
7. rail set according to claim 6, the described pair of tracks section of wherein said fair starter mechanism is spring-biased to the described second non-blocking position, and compressed elastic component when wherein said On The Drug Release mechanism also is included in described fair starter mechanism and is in described the second blocking position, and described elastic component provides bias force, is used for impelling the part of described fair starter mechanism to turn back to the described first non-blocking position.
8. rail set according to claim 7, wherein said elastic component is shape memory foam.
9. rail set according to claim 1, also comprise the second trapping trap mechanism away from the described port of export of described the 3rd warp rail section, wherein said the second trapping trap mechanism is configured to catch second that advances in the toy car of the described port of export by described the 3rd warp rail section.
10. rail set according to claim 1, wherein said trapping trap mechanism comprises a pair of capture member, in the described a pair of capture member each connects each other pivotly at hinged end, and the other end place at the trapping trap provides mouth portion, and wherein said mouth portion is configured to engage the described port of export of described the 3rd warp rail section.
11. rail set according to claim 10, wherein said a pair of capture member is spring-biased to closing position, and described a pair of capture member moves away from described closing position, so that described mouth portion is positioned in the described port of export top of described the 3rd warp rail.
12. rail set according to claim 11, wherein said trapping trap mechanism is connected to another part of described rail set via elastic component, so that in case trap trap caught in the toy car of the described port of export by described the 3rd warp rail section of advancing described first, then described trapping trap mechanism is upwards moved in the air.
13. rail set according to claim 11, an end of wherein said elastic component is fixed to the arm member on the part that is pivotally mounted to rail set.
14. rail set according to claim 13, wherein flag be fixed to described arm member and the trapping trap catch in the described toy car of the described port of export by described the 3rd warp rail section of advancing described first the time be moving upward.
15. a rail set that is used for toy car comprises:
The first orbit portion, described the first orbit portion comprise side by side the first orbital segment and second orbital segment of match that is arranged such that can carry out on it toy car;
Loop section, described loop section is configured to receive toy car from described the first orbit portion, described loop section comprises the first warp rail section and the second warp rail section, described the first warp rail section and described the second warp rail section respectively have and the isolated far-end of the arrival end of the 3rd warp rail section, and described arrival end is wider than the port of export of described the 3rd warp rail section; And
Trapping trap mechanism, described trapping trap mechanism is positioned at the described port of export of described the 3rd warp rail section, and wherein said trapping trap mechanism is configured to catch in the described toy car of the described port of export by described the 3rd warp rail section first of advancing.
16. rail set according to claim 15, wherein between the described arrival end of described the first warp rail section, described the second warp rail section and described the 3rd warp rail section, provide adjustable clearance, and described the first orbit portion also comprises the transmitting station for each of described the first orbital segment and described the second orbital segment, and described transmitting station is configured in described the first orbital segment and described the second orbital segment corresponding one and advances toy car.
17. rail set according to claim 16, wherein said trapping trap mechanism is connected to another part of described rail set via elastic component, so that in case trap trap caught in the toy car of the described port of export by described the 3rd warp rail section of advancing described first, then described trapping trap mechanism is upwards moved in the air.
18. rail set according to claim 17, comprise fair starter mechanism, described fair starter mechanism comprise with described the first orbital segment and described the second orbital segment in a corresponding adjoining pair of tracks section, in the described pair of tracks section of described fair starter mechanism each is pivotally mounted to a structure, be used between the first non-blocking position and the second blocking position mobile, wherein when described pair of tracks section is in blocking position, any toy car of advancing will be from described rail set emission in described the first orbital segment or described the second orbital segment.
19. rail set according to claim 18, wherein when described pair of tracks section is in described the first non-blocking position, in described the first orbital segment and described the second orbital segment below in described pair of tracks section one of any described toy car of advancing by and advance to forward one of described the first warp rail section or described second warp rail section.
20. a rail set that is used for toy car comprises:
The first orbit portion, described the first orbit portion comprise side by side the first orbital segment and second orbital segment of match that is arranged such that can carry out on it toy car;
Loop section, described loop section is configured to receive toy car from described the first orbit portion, described loop section comprises the first warp rail section and the second warp rail section, described the first warp rail section and described the second warp rail section respectively have and the isolated far-end of the arrival end of the 3rd warp rail section, and described arrival end is wider than the port of export of described the 3rd warp rail section; And
Trapping trap mechanism, described trapping trap mechanism is positioned at the described port of export place of described the 3rd warp rail section, and wherein said trapping trap mechanism is configured to catch second that advances in the described toy car of the described port of export by described the 3rd warp rail section.
21. a rail set that is used for toy car comprises:
The first orbit portion, described the first orbit portion is arranged such that can carry out on it side by side match of toy car;
Ramp, described ramp is installed to described rail set movably, be used between primary importance and the second place mobile, wherein said ramp is configured to receive toy car from described the first orbit portion when described ramp is in the described second place, and wherein described ramp is positioned at described the first orbit portion top when described ramp is in described primary importance, so that the toy car of advancing at described the first orbit portion can not be received on the described ramp, and wherein said ramp is configured to be transmitted in upwards and away from described ramp the toy car of advancing on the described ramp; And
Trapping trap mechanism, described trapping trap mechanism is positioned at described ramp top, wherein said trapping trap mechanism be configured to catch upwards and the described toy car of advancing away from described ramp in first.
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